Review of Y Tu Mamá También (2001) by Ryan H — 19 Apr 2010

Cuaron full out with his style. He not only wants to show a coming of age tale, but at the same time a Mexico that he knows. But the coming of age tale isn't a typical one. It's raw, unafraid to say and show what it wants, and at the same time isn't being controversial just to be controversial.

These guys are just boys and they think they can handle a woman, but she shows them differently. In fact, they learn that they hardly even know themselves. Whether or not I agree with Cuaron's ideas of sexuality, he presents them perfectly.

The scene that really lets us know Luisa's main point is when she is on the phone and says that a woman lived to be 95 and remembers everything since she was 5. That's a scary thought. This means she remembers all her mistakes, everything that she could have done differently.

Luisa knows that she wants to go out and let the world take her and do what it wants with her. She doesn't want to waste a single moment. My only problem is the ending. Everything just quickly dies down, and I don't feel like anything that happened really led up to the way it ends.

But it's not even close to ruin the movie for me.